Portrait of the sky

The monsoonal sky coming into Darwin, NT.

Wadi Rum, Jordan

Wadi Rum 08
Originally uploaded by Chris Mansell.

Earlier this year.
This is Lawrence of Arabia country, literally. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is just around corner. This is a particularly beautiful part of the desert. I climbed up a bit of a hill to take this photgraph but there were beautiful vistas everywhere and in the middle of nothing muc, a Bedouin tent.

Trips and tours

Trips and tours that are currently in the wind for a future date are:

* Egypt and Jordan (or you can do one or the other or both) in April
* Writing tour of Italy (tour of literary locales + writing workshops)
* possible shorter trips to warm places (eg Vanuatu)

If you'd like to come on any of the trips, let me know and I'll send you details. If you're a non-writer and want to go on the Italian tour ... that's okay. No-one will force you to write things. It's a holiday after all. If your group would like to go somewhere special and need a particular writer/sort of writer, let me know.


A view of the Library at Alexandria, Egypt.